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WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN – DAY TWO

[12] ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #20) vs. [LL] DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #68)

[Q] LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #67) vs. [10] MARKETA VONDROUSOVA (CZE #18)

ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #60) vs. [2] SOFIA KENIN (USA #4)

[WC] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #37) vs. CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #49)

[1] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) vs. VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA (RUS #41)

JENNIFER BRADY (USA #40) vs. [Q] JESSICA PEGULA (USA #83)

Kontaveit leads 1-0 Kontaveit won when the two met at 2017 Wimbledon… Kasatkina bidding for 25th career Top 20

win… Kontaveit coming off runner-up finish at Palermo

Vondrousova leads 1-0 Vondrousova won in two tight sets when the pair clashed at 2019 Indian Wells… Siegemund looking for first Top 20 win since 2018… Vondrousova fell early on tour’s return in Palermo

Kenin leads 2-0 (not including qualifiers) Kenin won two meetings in 2019, although Cornet did triumph when they met in qualifying at 2018

Cincinnati… Cornet aiming for first Top 5 win since 2018… Kenin made Cincinnati SF in 2019

Garcia leads 2-1 Garcia won their most recent match, at 2018 Rome… Stephens made Cincinnati SF as a wildcard in

2017… Winner will meet Azarenka in second round

Pliskova leads 1-0 Pliskova beat the Russian en route to 2018 Stuttgart title… Kudermetova owns one Top 5 win in

her career… Pliskova lifted Cincinnati title in 2016

First meeting Brady and Pegula are two of the 16 Americans in the main draw this week… Pegula bidding for

second Top 50 win of the season… Brady fresh from dominant title run at Lexington

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WTA4LOVE – SUPPORTING THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY

• As part of the ongoing humanitarian campaign, WTA4Love, more than 100 community initiatives have been undertaken by WTA players and partners since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March.

• Many players are stepping up again to raise awareness by wearing WTA4Love patches during competition in support of the ongoing campaign as we return to play.

• WTA4Love initiatives have provided COVID-19 support ranging from donations of medical equipment to hospitals, including 30,000 masks donated to medical professionals through the efforts of the players and WTA Charities.

• Food insecurity has also been addressed by providing 24,000 meals to families and frontline workers and through fundraisers for local foodbanks. WTA Charities will continue to support the ongoing needs of communities with upcoming donations of 100,000 meals in partnership with Lilly Pulitzer.

• “WTA4Love” is a global campaign with activities and donations by players and WTA Charities in 14 of the countries which are home to WTA tournaments and most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, including China, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States, among others.

• In addition to the urgent focus on the COVID-19 pandemic, WTA Charities has continued to support a wide range of nonprofit organizations including live video chats teaching leadership and character development to youth and offering support and positive messaging to Special Olympics participants.

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A SNAPSHOT OF 2020 – THE YEAR SO FAR

• One Top 10 Debut: Sofia Kenin (at No.7 on February 3) • Fewest games dropped en route to a title: Jennifer Brady (24, Lexington) • Lowest-ranked player to triumph: Heather Watson (No.69, Acapulco) • Multiple finals: Elena Rybakina: 4 (Shenzhen, R-Up, Hobart, W, St. Petersburg, R-Up, Dubai, R-Up); Sofia

Kenin: 2 (Australian Open, W, Lyon, W); Simona Halep (Dubai, W, Prague, W) • Maiden titles (2): Ekaterina Alexandrova (Shenzhen), Jennifer Brady (Lexington) • Youngest title winner: Elena Rybakina, Hobart (20y 7m 1d) • Oldest title winner: Serena Williams, Auckland (38y 3m 17d) • Aces leaders: Elena Rybakina – 144, Garbiñe Muguruza – 122, Kristyna Pliskova – 110 • Most aces in a match (22): Alison Van Uytvanck (l. vs. Sofia Kenin 7-6(5) 6-7(2) 7-6(2) – Lyon, SF) • Match win leaders: Rybakina – 21, Muguruza – 16, Kenin – 15, Halep – 15, Mertens -15 • Most three-set matches played (10): Elena Rybakina (9-1 record), Garbiñe Muguruza (7-3) • Most doubles titles (3): Barbora Strycova / Hsieh Su-Wei (Brisbane, Dubai, Doha) • Best result by a qualifier (R-Up): Leonie Kung (Hua Hin), Leylah Fernandez (Acapulco) • Longest match: 3h 33m – Heather Watson d. Elise Mertens 6-7(5) 6-4 7-5 (Hobart, QF) • Shortest (completed) match: 44m – Serena Williams d. Amanda Anisimova 6-1 6-1 (Auckland, SF) • Most Top 10 wins (3): Garbiñe Muguruza (No.3 Simona Halep, No.5 Elina Svitolina and No.10 Kiki

Bertens – all at Australian Open)


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MATCH NOTES

[12] ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #20) vs. [LL] DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #68)

Head to Head: ANETT KONTAVEIT leads 1-0

2017 GRASS O R2 ANETT KONTAVEIT 55 mins 6-3 6-2 WIMBLEDON

ANETT KONTAVEIT 20 9

24-12-1995 (24) $490,890

$4,489,651

0 / 1 0 / 0

13-6 / 116-94 5-2 / 42-31 2-3 / 30-31

DARIA KASATKINA 68 72

07-05-1997 (23) $109,453

$6,189,906

0 / 2 0 / 1 2-4

4-7 / 130-101 3-4 / 49-36 0-0 / 24-21

4-3

4-6 / 85-69 9-5 / 70-61 0-0 / 11-10 0-0 / 10-9

WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD

DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER)

NEW YORK W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) *

YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) *

YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) *

2-2 / 11-18 0-1 / 12-22 2-4 / 18-31 0-3 / 24-40

YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) *

YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 3-11 0-0 / 8-9

* Updated entering 2020 Western & Southern Open 1r

Rnd Result Duration

NEW YORK Tournament Performance - 2020 "-Q" Qualifying match

NEW YORK Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

ANETT KONTAVEIT 2019

L - ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #2) R16 4-6 7-5 7-5

2018 L - KIKI BERTENS (NED #17) R16 6-3 2-6 6-3

2017 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #13) R1 1-6 7-6(2) 6-3

2016 L - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #58) R1-Q 6-4 2-6 6-3

DARIA KASATKINA 2019

R2 L - MADISON KEYS (USA #18) 6-4 6-1

2018 R1 L - PETRA MARTIC (CRO #51) 4-6 6-4 6-3

2017 R2 L - MADISON KEYS (USA #17) 6-2 6-1

2016 R1 L - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #74) 6-1 6-1

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KONTAVEIT:

Western & Southern Open

• Playing main draw at Western & Southern Open for fourth time (fifth overall); reached 3r in both 2018 (l. eventual champion

Bertens) and 2019 (l. Barty – having led 5-3 in final set)

• Faces LL Kasatkina in 1r today; owns 7-1 record against players outside Top 50 in 2020, with sole defeat coming against

No.53 Ferro in the Palermo final a few weeks ago

• Best previous result on US soil was SF run at 2019 Miami (l. eventual champion Barty)

• During last year’s North American hard court swing, made 3r at Toronto (l. Ka.Pliskova), Cincinnati (l. Barty) and US Open

• Is currently ninth on the 2020 prize money list

• Over the last few months, the Estonian has used her time off to refining her gardening skills back home; while on the

court, last month defeated Ostapenko to help Estonia beat Latvia in the Merko Cup exhibition in Tallinn

Season • Coming off R-Up finish at Palermo (d. No.15 Martic in SF, l. Ferro); career record in finals is now 1-5

• In Middle East, advanced to QF at Dubai (l. No.15 Martic) and fell 2r at Doha (l. eventual champion Sabalenka)

• Won all four singles rubbers on Fed Cup duty (including over No.4 Svitolina), leading Estonia to within one win of victory over

Ukraine in the promotional play-off

• Made Grand Slam breakthrough by reaching maiden major QF at Australian Open (l. Halep), became the first Estonian to

make the last eight at Australian Open

• Kicked off 2020 season by reaching 2r in Brisbane (l. Bertens) and falling 1r in Adelaide (l. Pavlyuchenkova)

Career Milestones • Finished 2019 ranked No.26 – her second straight Top 30 finish (No.21 in 2018) – despite missing final two months of the

season w/viral illness

• Reached her fifth career final in 2019 at Stuttgart (l. Kvitova). Also in 2019, advanced to her first Premier Mandatory SF at

Miami (l. eventual champion Barty), which propelled her to a career high ranking of No.14 (April 1, 2019)

• In 2018, season highlighted by fourth WTA singles final at Wuhan (l. Sabalenka); posted 33 main draw wins – the first time she

had registered 30 or more wins in a season – finishing No.21 in the rankings

• Enjoyed fruitful clay swing in 2018, including a R16 at Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up Stephens) and SF showings at Rome

(l. eventual champion Svitolina) and Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova)

• Breakthrough season came in 2017, finishing on a ranking of No.34, up from No.110 in 2016 – first year-end finish inside Top

50 and second non-consecutive year in Top 100

• Won first career singles title at 2017 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (d. Vikhlyantseva in F). Also reached finals at Biel/Benne (l.

Vondrousova) and Gstaad (l. Bertens)

• Broke into Top 30 for first time at No.27 following run at Gstaad (July 24, 2017)

• Also advanced to QF at Premier-level tournaments at Stuttgart, where she beat No.6 Muguruza en route, and Rome, where

she posted her first career win over a reigning No.1 with defeat of Kerber in 2r

• In 2016, played main draw at all four Grand Slams for first time, but dropped out of Top 100

• One of five teenagers in 2015 year-end Top 100

• Made Top 100 debut on September 14, 2015 at No.96, up from No.152

• Scored first Top 20 win of career over No.17 Errani at 2016 Monterrey (2r)

• Has won 11 singles titles and five doubles titles on ITF Circuit

• Made WTA main draw debut at 2013 Miami as WC (l. McHale, 1r)

• Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2010

• Junior highlights included winning 2011 Orange Bowl, defeating Bouchard and Putintseva en route

Grand Slam History • Played landmark 20th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 Australian Open, where she made history by becoming the first

Estonian to reach QF there, and also the first Estonian to reach a Grand Slam QF since Kanepi at 2017 US Open

• Earned her first Grand Slam victories at 2015 US Open where she reached R16 (as qualifier, l. V.Williams) – only seventh

qualifier in Open Era to reach US Open R16

• Also made R16 at 2018 Australian Open (l. Suárez Navarro) and 2018 Roland Garros (l. Stephens)

• Best showings at Wimbledon are 3r runs in 2017 (l. Wozniacki), 2018 (l. Van Uytvanck) and 2019 (l. Muchova)

• R-Up in 2012 US Open girls’ singles (l. Crawford)

Personal • Coached by Nigel Sears

• Grew up in Tallinn, Estonia

• Mother, Ulle, is a tennis coach and started her in tennis (was her coach until the age of 11, then began working other Estonian

coaches). Father, Andrus, is a manager at the Port of Tallinn

KASATKINA:


• Playing main draw at Western & Southern Open for fifth time; best result were 2r showings in 2017 and 2019 (l. Keys on both

occasions)

• Lost to McHale in final round of qualifying but was granted LL spot when Clijsters withdrew w/abdominal injury

• Faces No.20 Kontaveit in 1r today; aiming for her 25th career Top 20 victory with a win today – is 0-3 this season, having lost

to No.7 Bencic (Adelaide), No.11 Keys (Australian Open) and No.16 Muguruza (Doha); her last win over a Top 20 player

came at 2019 Beijing (d. No.14 Sabalenka)

• One of five Russians in the starting line-up this week, along with Alexandrova, Kalinskaya, Kudermetova and Zvonareva; four

Russians have won this title – Zvonareva (2006), Chakvetadze (2007), Petrova (2008) and Sharapova (2011)

• Best previous results on US soil were title run at 2017 Charleston and R-Up finish at 2018 Indian Wells

• During 2019 North American hard court season, fell 2r at San Jose (l. Svitolina), Toronto (l. eventual champion Andreescu)

and Cincinnati (l. eventual champion Keys); also made 1r exit at US Open (l. Konta)

Season

• Returned to tour with 1r exit at Palermo (l. Paolini)

• In final tournament before tennis’ hiatus, reached SF at Lyon (l. Friedsam) – her first WTA SF since Moscow title run in

October 2018

• Only other main draw win this season came during 2r showing in season opener at Auckland (d. Suárez Navarro, l.

Anisimova)

• Fell 1r at Adelaide (as qualifier, l. Bencic), Australian Open (l. Keys), St. Petersburg (l. Alexandrova) and Doha (as qualifier, l.

Muguruza), while contested qualifying at Doha

Career Milestones

• Finished 2019 season at No.69, down from No.10 in 2018, having gone 12-21 across the season, with best result a QF run at

Premier Mandatory China Open (l. Wozniacki)

• Ended 2018 season by catering her second WTA singles title at Moscow [Kremlin Cup]. Recovered from a set and 6-2 4-1

down to defeat Jabeur in final; is now 2-3 in WTA singles finals, all coming at Premier-level or above

• Reached biggest final of career at 2018 Indian Wells (l. Osaka) and was also R-Up at Dubai (l. Svitolina)

• Captured the joint-most wins over Top 5 players (five) in 2018, along with Bertens and Stephens, including upset of No.1

Wozniacki during SF run at St. Petersburg – having also beaten Kerber at 2017 Sydney, is one of five players in WTA history

to have multiple wins over World No.1s before their 21st birthday, joining V.Williams (9), S. Williams (8), Sharapova (4) and

Kuznetsova (2)

• Was one of eight players to reach QF or better at two or more Grand Slams in 2018 (Wimbledon and Roland Garros)

• 2017 season was highlighted by capturing first WTA singles title in debut final at Charleston, defeating fellow teenager

Ostapenko in F – the first all-teenage final on tour since 2009 Linz (Wickmayer d. Kvitova)

• Reached second tour-level final at Moscow in 2017 (l. Goerges in F). Also finished R-Up in two WTA doubles finals at 2017 –

at Tokyo [PPO] and Moscow (both w/Gavrilova)

• Ended 2016 as the highest-ranked teenager

• 2016 highlights included reaching second WTA SF at St Petersburg (l. eventual R-Up Bencic) and QF stage at Indian Wells (l.

Ka.Pliskova), Charleston (l. eventual champion Stephens having held match points), Montreal (l. Kerber), Rio Olympics (l.

Keys) and Moscow (l. Goerges)

• Reached first WTA SF at 2015 Moscow (l. Pavlyuchenkova, having recorded first Top 20 win over No.14 Suárez Navarro in

QF)

• Nominated for WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2015

• QF run at 2015 Bad Gastein (as qualifier) was first time reaching last eight at a WTA-level tournament

• Won maiden WTA doubles title at 2015 Moscow (w/Vesnina)

• Won five singles titles on ITF Circuit in 2015, taking career total to seven

• Made WTA qualifying debut at 2013 Moscow; made main draw debut as WC also at Moscow in 2014 (l. Riske 1r)

Grand Slam History

• Contested 18th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 Australian Open

• Best results at the majors were QF runs at 2018 Roland Garros (l. Stephens) and 2018 Wimbledon (l. eventual champion

Kerber) surpassing her previous-best R16 effort at 2017 US Open (l. Kanepi)

• Reached 3r on her main draw debuts at all of the majors – 2015 US Open (l. Mladenovic), 2016 Australian Open (l. eventual

champion S.Williams), 2016 Roland Garros (l. Bertens) and 2016 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams)

• In juniors, lifted the 2014 Roland Garros singles trophy

Personal

• Coached by Carlos Martínez, while brother, Alexsandr Timkovskii is fitness trainer; formerly worked with Philippe Dehaes and

Vladimir Platenik

• Born and resides in Togliatty, Russia. Mother is Tatiana Timkovskaya and father is Sergey Kasatkin

• Loves football; favorite team is Barcelona FC


MATCH NOTES

[Q] LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #67) vs. [10] MARKETA VONDROUSOVA (CZE #18)

Head to Head: MARKETA VONDROUSOVA leads 1-0

2019 HARD O R1 MARKETA VONDROUSOVA 113 mins 6-4 7-6(6) INDIAN WELLS

LAURA SIEGEMUND 67 47

04-03-1988 (32) $145,905

$2,568,896

0 / 2 0 / 5

8-5 / 79-78 2-1 / 27-26 0-0 / 11-22

MARKETA VONDROUSOVA 18 97

28-06-1999 (21) $141,464

$3,197,044

0 / 1 0 / 0 0-1

3-6 / 56-39 0-5 / 10-22 0-0 / 17-10

0-0

3-5 / 31-20 4-3 / 25-39 0-0 / 1-6 0-0 / 2-0







0-3 / 9-12 0-1 / 2-9 0-3 / 12-25 0-1 / 9-11




Rnd Result Duration

NEW YORK Tournament Performance - 2020 "-Q" Qualifying match

NEW YORK Tournament History

MARKETA VONDROUSOVA 2018

R1 L - ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #16) 6-3 7-5


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SIEGEMUND:

Western & Southern Open • Making debut at Western & Southern Open having seen off Kozlova and Dolehide in qualifying

• Faces No.18 Vondrousova in 1r today; aiming for first Top 20 win since beating No.12 Kasatkina at 2018 Beijing

• Playing doubles this week w/Rybakina (face Carter/Stefani in 1r)

• Best result of career on US soil both came at Charleston, where she reached SF in 2017 and QF in 2016; also made QF

at WTA 125K Series event at Indian Wells this March

• During 2019 North American hard court season, fell 1r at Bronx (as LL, l. Buzarnescu) and made 2r at US Open (l.

Kenin)

• During the tour’s hiatus, played a series of exhibition events, predominately in Germany, posting a 14-4 record

Season • On tour’s return, made 2r at both Palermo (l. Kontaveit) and Prague (l. Sorribes Tormo)

• Posted 2r showing at Doha (l. Barty). Also reached QF at WTA 125K Series event at Indian Wells (l. Zvonareva)

• Won both singles rubbers (d. Ce and Pereira) to help Germany beat Brazil 4-0 to reach the inaugural Fed Cup Finals

• Opened season with QF at Auckland (l. eventual champion S.Williams) then 2r at Australian Open (l. Ka.Pliskova)

Career Milestones • Ended 2019 ranked No.73, up from No.117 in 2018. Highlight was SF run at Bucharest (l. Tig) and QF showings at

Hiroshima (l. Kudermetova) and Luxembourg (l. Rybakina)

• Returned to Top 100 for first time in 12 months on April 8, 2019

• In doubles, won fifth title, at 2019 Guangzhou (w/Peng)

• Struggled for form following her comeback from injury in 2018; on home soil, reached back-to-back ITF finals in

Germany, winning at $25k ITF/Bad Saulgau-GER and finishing runner-up at $60k ITF/Hechingen-GER

• At tour level in 2018, made QF in summer at Bucharest and Moscow [River Cup]

• Promising 2017 season derailed by long-term right knee injury, sustained at Nürnberg in May (ret. vs. Krejcikova).

Despite missing second half of season, posted third Top 100 year-end finish (at No.69)

• Won first Premier-level title of career on home soil at Stuttgart (d. Mladenovic in F). Scored three wins over Top 10

opponents en route to title, defeating No.9 Kuznetsova, No.3 Ka.Pliskova and No.5 Halep

• All three career WTA finals have come on clay, at Stuttgart in 2016 (R-Up) and 2017 (won) and at Bastad in 2016 (won)

• In 2016, enjoyed tour-level breakthrough. Posted a 14-3 win-loss record between 2016 Wimbledon and US Open,

winning maiden singles title at Bastad (d. Siniakova in F)

• Also in 2016, reached first career final as qualifier at 2016 Stuttgart, where she advanced to final as a qualifier (l.

Kerber). Made SF at Bucharest (l. Sevastova) on clay, before advancing to QF at Rio Olympics (l. eventual gold medalist

Puig) and 3r at the US Open (l. V.Williams)

• Achieved career-high singles ranking of No.27 on August 29, 2016

• Entering 2016, had posted just six tour-level main draw wins in career. By comparison, had 30 main draw wins in 2016

• 2015 season highlights included reaching first WTA QF on clay at Florianopolis (l. eventual champion Pereira) and

second QF at Luxembourg (as qualifier, l. Voegele)

• Owns five WTA doubles titles: 2015 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (w/Muhammad), 2015 Florianopolis (w/Beck), 2015 Luxembourg

(w/Barthel), 2018 Moscow (w/Panova) and 2019 Guangzhou (w/Peng); runner-up at 2015 Marrakech (w/Zanevska),

2016 Mallorca (w/Friedsam) and 2018 New Haven (w/Hsieh)

• Played first pro events of career on ITF Circuit in 2002. Owns winner of 12 singles and 20 doubles titles at this level

• Made WTA qualifying debut at 2003 Leipzig and finally main draw debut seven years later at 2010 Bastad

Grand Slam History • Contested 14th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 Australian Open

• Grand Slam main draw debut came at 2015 Wimbledon (as qualifier, l. Kuznetsova in 1r)

• Has twice appeared in Grand Slam 3r, at 2016 Australian Open (l. Beck) and 2016 US Open (l. V.Williams)

• Fallen 1r at Roland Garros in 2016 and 2018, and Wimbledon in 2015 and 2016

• Won 2016 US Open mixed doubles title w/Pavic

Personal • Coached by Antonio Zucca

• Born in Stuttgart area, but spent parts of childhood in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (ages 4-7) and Jakarta, Indonesia (ages

9-10)

• Father, Harro is an engineer; mother is Brigitta, sister is Satu and brother is Arlen

• Studied at the Fern Uni Hagen in Germany for a BA Science Psychology and hopes to become a psychologist later in life

VONDROUSOVA:

Western & Southern Open • Making second appearance at Western & Southern Open. Fell 1r on previous appearance in 2018 (l. Barty)

• Missed last year’s tournament – and entire summer hard court season – due to left wrist injury

• Faces No. 67 Siegemund in 1r today; beat the German en route to SF at 2019 Indian Wells – her joint-best run on US

soil (also made SF at 2019 Miami); has suffered four losses against players outside Top 50 this year

• One of six Czechs to contest this year’s main draw (also Bouzkova, Kvitova, Muchova, Ka.Pliskova and Siniakova)

• During June and July, played a series of exhibitions against, among others, Bencic, Kvitova and Strycova

Season • Suffered 1r exit at Palermo (l. Juvan – was two points from victory in second set and has now lost all five three-set

matches played in 2020)

• Before tour’s hiatus, made 2r at Dubai (l. Brady) and fell 1r at Doha (l. Zheng)

• Fell 1r at Australian Open (l. Kuznetsova) and St. Petersburg (l. Tomljanovic)

• In January, made positive return from six-month layoff w/left wrist injury to reach QF at Adelaide (l. eventual champion

Barty)

Career Milestones • Enjoyed break-out season in 2019, reaching three finals across the year and making Top 20 debut

• Finished R-Up at Budapest (l. Van Uytvanck) and Istanbul (l. Martic) before reaching championship match at Roland

Garros (l. Barty); did not drop a set en route to final in Paris

• Posted first win of career over a Top 2 player in 2019, defeating No.2 Halep at Indian Wells and then Rome

• Forced to end 2019 season down early due to left wrist injury – did not play again following 1r exit at Wimbledon

• At 2018 US Open, became the first teenager to reach the R16 at Flushing Meadows since 2016 (Konjuh, QF – 18) and

the youngest Czech player to advance to this stage in New York since 2005 (Vaidisova, R16 – 16)

• Was the biggest ranking mover on tour in 2017, from No.376 to No.67 (309 places)

• Made WTA breakthrough by winning International-level title at 2017 Biel/Bienne (d. Kontaveit in F). At No.233, was the

lowest-ranked title winner in 2017 and aged 17 years, 293 days was the youngest since Konjuh (17 years, 169 days) at

2015 Nottingham

• Reached doubles QF at 2017 Wimbledon (w/Bellis, l. eventual finalists H.Chan/Niculescu)

• Advanced to 2r on tour-level debut at 2016 Prague – as wildcard

• On ITF Circuit, winner of seven singles and four doubles titles

• Made professional debut at 2014 $100k ITF/Prague-CZE (d. Suk, l. Brengle in 2r)

• Ranked junior No.1 in 2015

Grand Slam History • Contested 11th and most recent major at 2020 Australian Open

• Breakthrough came during R-Up finish at 2019 Roland Garros; ranked No.38, was joint-third lowest-ranked woman to

reach Roland Garros final, and aged 19, was first teenager to reach title match there since Ivanovic in 2007

• Previous best result at the majors was reaching R16 at 2018 US Open (l. Tsurenko). Was youngest Czech player to

reach R16 at Flushing Meadows since 2005 (Nicole Vaidisova, R16 at 16yrs, 140 days)

• Made Grand Slam debut at 2017 Roland Garros, where she advanced to 2r. Has also reached 2r at 2018 and 2019

Australian Opens

• Fell 1r on debut at Wimbledon in 2017

• Reached doubles QF at 2017 Wimbledon (w/Bellis, l. eventual finalists H.Chan/Niculescu)

• In juniors won doubles at Australian Open and Roland Garros in 2015 (both w/Kolodziejova). In singles, was semifinalist

at both Roland Garros and Wimbledon

Personal

• Coached by former ATP Pro Jan Hernych. Fitness trainer is Michal Vagner

• Mother, Jindriska Anderlova, played volleyball in the top Czech league

• Born in Skolov but moved to Prague alone at age 15 to train full-time

• Chose tennis over soccer as she prefers the individual nature of the sport

• Describes herself as quiet and calm


MATCH NOTES

ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #60) vs. [2] SOFIA KENIN (USA #4)

Head to Head: SOFIA KENIN leads 2-0 (not including qualifying)

2019 HARD O R16 SOFIA KENIN 84 mins 6-4 6-2 ZHENGZHOU 2019 HARD O SF SOFIA KENIN 79 mins 6-2 6-4 HOBART

ALIZÉ CORNET 60 58

22-01-1990 (30) $122,640

$7,313,913

0 / 6 0 / 3

7-5 / 310-297 4-1 / 103-99 0-1 / 62-61

SOFIA KENIN 4 1

14-11-1998 (21) $3,012,043 $5,930,775

2 / 5 0 / 2 4-1

15-5 / 84-49 6-3 / 32-22 7-5 / 24-15

5-7

15-5 / 68-35 7-5 / 185-178 1-0 / 28-17 1-0 / 3-3







0-0 / 19-48 1-1 / 8-14 1-1 / 41-103 1-2 / 15-23




ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #60)

R64: d. CATHERINE MCNALLY (USA #124) 6-0,6-4 (1h27)

ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND

[2] SOFIA KENIN (USA #4)

R64: BYE


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CORNET:


• Playing main draw at Western & Southern Open for eighth time (10th overall), where she is through to 2r for fifth time

• Fell at this hurdle in 2013 (d. No.14 Ivanovic, l. Ryabrikova), 2016 (as qualifier, d. Bertens, l. Suárez Navarro), 2017 (d.

Bellis, l. Cibulkova) and 2018 (as qualifier, d. No.11 Ostapenko, l. Makarova)

• Made a flying start to defeat WC McNally in 1r on Saturday, dropping just 10 points in the opening set

• Faces No.4 Kenin in 2r today; has lost their past two encounters, but did beat the American in 2018 Cincinnati qualifying

• Last Top 5 win came over No.4 Kerber at 2018 Montréal. Best win this season was over No.15 Martic at Auckland

• Best career result in the US are SF runs at Amelia Island, Charleston and New Haven in 2008 and Washington DC in 2013

• During the tour’s break, played a series of exhibitions against, among others, Mladenovic, Pavlyuchenkova and Ferro,

compiling an 8-6 record

Season • Reached 2r at Lyon (l. Giorgi) and St. Petersburg (as qualifier, l. Sakkari)

• Followed this with 2r showings at Hobart (l. eventual champion Rybakina) and then Australian Open (l. Vekic)

• Began season with QF performance at Auckland (l. eventual R-Up Pegula)


MATCH NOTES


ALIZÉ CORNET 2019

L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #87) R1-Q 7-6(5) 6-3

2018 L - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #49) R2 6-2 6-0

2017 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #11) R2 6-1 6-4

2016 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #12) R2 6-2 1-0

2015 L - IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #28) R1 6-4 6-4

2014 L - MADISON KEYS (USA #28) R1 6-2 6-4

2013 L - MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #33) R2 3-6 7-5 7-5

2011 L - SOFIA ARVIDSSON (SWE #58) R1-Q 6-1 6-3

2009 L - MELINDA CZINK (HUN #59) R1 6-3 6-2

SOFIA KENIN 2019

SF L - MADISON KEYS (USA #18) 7-5 6-4

2018 R2-Q L - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #33) 6-1 6-3

2017 R2-Q L - ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #96) 4-6 7-6(4) 6-3

2016 R1-Q L - KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #61) 6-1 6-2


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Career Milestones • Finished 2019 ranked No.60 - had previously enjoyed seven consecutive Top 50 finishes

• Highlight of 2019 was reaching Lausanne final (l. Ferro as the defending champion) – has reached at least one WTA final in

six of last seven seasons; now 6-7 in WTA singles finals

• Part of victorious Fed Cup squad for France who defeated Australia in Perth 3-2 to be crown 2019 champions (did not play)

• In 2018, won sixth career title at Gstaad (d. Minella in F), and reached two further QFs at Brisbane and Charleston

• Other five career titles came at 2008 Budapest, 2012 Bad Gastein, 2013 Strasbourg, 2014 Katowice and 2016 Hobart;

owns 6-7 career record in finals

• Former World No.11 (achieved in February 2009) who broke back into Top 20 at end of 2014 for first time since May 2009;

dropped out of Top 20 again after 2015 Dubai

• Owns five wins over Top 3 ranked opponents: No.1 S. Williams (2014 Dubai, 2014 Wimbledon and 2014 Wuhan via ret.),

No.3 A.Radwanska (2014 Katowice) and No.2 Halep (2015 Madrid); wins over S.Williams made her the first player to defeat

the American in three straight meetings since Henin in 2007

• Qualified for 2013 and 2014 Tournament of Champions in Sofia, Bulgaria

• Three-time doubles champion: 2008 Budapest (w/Husarova), 2010 Strasbourg (w/King), 2015 Hong Kong (w/Shvedova)

• Member of French Fed Cup Team, 2008-17, 2019; French Olympic Team, 2008, 2012, 2016

Grand Slam History • At 2020 Australian Open, played 53rd consecutive Grand Slam main draw appearance – the longest streak among active

players. However, among active players also has the most overall major appearances (56 including 2020 Australian Open)

without reaching a quarterfinal

• Made Grand Slam – and WTA main draw debut – as a 15-year-old at 2005 Roland Garros, advancing to 2r (l. Mauresmo)

• Reached R16 on four occasions, at Australian Open in 2009 (l. Safina), Wimbledon in 2014 (l. eventual runner-up

Bouchard) and Roland Garros in 2015 (l. Svitolina) and 2017 (l. Garcia)

• Best showing at US Open is 3r (2007-08, 2013-14)

• Won 2007 Roland Garros girls’ singles (d. Duque-Mariño in F)

Personal • Father is Francis (retired); mother is Patricia; brother is Sébastien (PhD, also her agent)

• Sponsors include BMW, Babolat and Lotto

• Currently coached by Sandra Zaniewska. Worked with Pierre Bouteyre in 2019

KENIN:


• Making second main draw appearance at Western & Southern Open (fifth overall), having made SF last year (l. Keys)

• During last year’s run upset No.7 Svitolina and No.1 Osaka (via ret. w/left knee injury) – had also beaten then-No.1 Barty

the previous week at Toronto, marking the first time since October 2001 a player defeated No.1-ranked opponents in

consecutive weeks: Davenport d. Hingis (Filderstadt SF) and Capriati (Zurich SF)

• Broke into Top 20 for the first time following 2019 Cincinnati

• After 1r bye, faces No.60 Cornet in 2r today; beat the Frenchwoman en route to maiden WTA title, at 2019 Hobart

• Lost only two previous matches of career that followed 1r byes, at 2019 Miami (l. Andreescu) and 2020 Doha (l.

Yastremska)

• Last defeat to a player outside Top 50 came against No.75 Davis at 2019 Washington DC

• Bidding for 16th win of the season today, entering this week only Rybakina (21) and Muguruza (16) have posted more

• During last year’s US Open Series, also made SF at Toronto, 3r at US Open and 2r at Washington DC

• Four of five career titles have come on hard, at Hobart and Guangzhou in 2019 and the Australian Open and Lyon in 2020;

in 2019, posted a tour-leading 38 hard court wins (level with Barty)

• During the tour’s break, played the Credit One Bank Invitational with Keys and Riske, as well for the Philadelphia Freedoms

in World Team Tennis

• One of two players to win multiple titles this year (Lyon, Australian Open) - also Halep (Prague and Dubai)

• Also playing doubles this week (w/Azarenka, faces Muchova/Sevastova in 1r)

Season

• Won final tournament prior to tour’s hiatus, at Lyon (d. Friedsam in F) to improve career record in singles finals to 5-1; rose

to career-high No.4 in the following week (March 9, 2020)

• In Fed Cup action for the USA, went 1-1 in singles (d. Sevastova, l. Ostapenko) before winning the deciding doubles rubber

w/Mattek-Sands – USA beat Latvia 3-2 to qualify for the finals

• Made her Top 10 debut at No.7 and US No.1 on February 3 following Australian Open triumph

• Won maiden Grand-Slam in Melbourne defeating two-time major champion Muguruza to become the youngest champion

(21y, 80d) at Australian Open since Sharapova (20y, 283d) in 2008

• Kicked off season 2r showings at Brisbane (l. Osaka) and Adelaide (l. Collins)

Career Milestones

• Produced breakthrough 2019 campaign, collecting three singles titles, enjoying a career-best Grand Slam performance,

qualifying for both WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai and WTA Finals (as alternate, played one match) and making a Top 20 debut

• Finished the year as US No.2 (behind No.9 S.Williams) and leader in hard court wins (38-tied w/Barty)

• Registered back-to-back SF runs at Cincinnati and Toronto, subsequently leading to Top 20 debut on August 19, 2019

• During this run, defeated No.1 Barty (Toronto) and No.1 Osaka (Cincinnati), to become first player since October 2001 to

defeat reigning World No.1s in consecutive weeks (Davenport); also became youngest American to defeat reigning No.1 in

eight years (McHale)

• Advanced to R16 for first time at a Slam at Roland Garros (d. S.Williams), becoming first American to defeat Serena at the

majors since Stephens at 2013 Australian Open QF

• Also in 2019, won first, second and third WTA singles titles at Hobart (d. Schmiedlova in F), Mallorca (d. Bencic in F) and

Guangzhou (d. Stosur in F). Picked up first two doubles titles, too, at Auckland (w/Bouchard) and Beijing (w/Mattek-Sands)

• Broke into the Top 100 on March 19, 2018 and Top 50 on October 8, 2018

• Advanced to first WTA level SF in 2018 at Mallorca as a qualifier, also reaching this stage later in the season at Québec

City

• Represented the USA in the Fed Cup final vs. the Czech Republic in November 2018

• In 2017, won the US Open Wild Card Challenge, reaching the third round (l. Sharapova) and posting career first Top 50 win

over No.34 Davis

• Made WTA main draw debut at 2015 US Open as a wildcard (l. Duque-Mariño in 1r)

• Owns four ITF singles titles and two doubles titles

• Played first matches of career on ITF Circuit in 2013, climbing to No.2 in ITF World Junior Rankings

• Represented the USA at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games and competed at the 2016 ITF Junior Masters, both held in China

Grand Slam History

• Won maiden major at 2020 Australian Open (d. Muguruza in F) to become the 16th active Grand Slam champion

• Previous best Grand Slam result was reaching R16 at 2019 Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Barty); in 3r became first

American to defeat S.Williams at the majors since Stephens at 2013 Australian Open QF

• Made Slam main draw debut at 2015 US Open as a wildcard – received for being crowned USTA Girls’ 18s National

Champion. Fell 1r to Duque Mariño

• Reached 3r at 2017 US Open as a wildcard (l. Sharapova), in what was only fourth tour-level main draw outing. Repeated

feat in 2018 (l. Ka.Pliskova) and again in 2019 (l. Keys)

• Made 2r at Australian Open in 2019 and Wimbledon in 2018-19

Personal

• Born in Moscow, moved to New York as a baby before family settled in Florida. Now resides in Pembroke Pines, Florida,

where she was home-schooled

• Coached by father Alexander Kenin with support Lorenzo Cava; trains at ProWorld Academy in Delray Beach, Florida

• Best tennis memory is playing idol Maria Sharapova on Arthur Ashe (US Open 2017)

• If not a tennis player would be a fashion designer

• Dream doubles partners would be Serena Williams and Grigor Dimitrov

• Good friends with CiCi Bellis and Katie Swan

• Likes rap music, especially Drake • Treat food is Froyo - cookies and cream with Hershey’s on top


MATCH NOTES

[WC] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #37) vs. CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #49)

Head to Head: CAROLINE GARCIA leads 2-1

2018 CLAY O R16 CAROLINE GARCIA 93 mins6-1 7-6(7) ROME 2014 GRASS O R1 SLOANE STEPHENS 74 mins6-2 6-4 EASTBOURNE 2014 HARD I R1 CAROLINE GARCIA 6-3 6-2 FED CUP WEEK 2 -

PLAYOFFS

SLOANE STEPHENS 37 258

20-03-1993 (27) $93,593

$15,274,615

0 / 6 0 / 0

1-6 / 221-156 1-3 / 71-53 1-0 / 60-29

CAROLINE GARCIA 49 99

16-10-1993 (26) $131,450

$10,331,911

0 / 7 0 / 6 3-5

4-6 / 218-175 3-3 / 76-62 1-1 / 57-54

14-8

4-6 / 131-115 1-6 / 142-105 0-2 / 19-9 2-1 / 21-18







0-0 / 17-35 0-0 / 16-40 0-0 / 36-58 0-0 / 32-67





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STEPHENS:


Making ninth appearance at the Western & Southern Open, as a wildcard; best result came in 2017 when she reached SF

(as WC, l. Halep)

Has advanced to 3r at this tournament on seven of her previous eight appearances; the only year she failed to do so was

in 2011 when she fell 1r (l. Errani)

One of seven Grand Slam champions in the draw – also Azarenka, Kenin, Kvitova, Osaka, S.Williams and V.Williams

Owns 84-55 record on home soil and has won four of her six career titles in the United States at 2015 Washington DC,

2016 Charleston, 2017 US Open and 2018 Miami

Faces fellow former Top 10 player, and current No.49 Garcia today in 1r – bidding to record first Top 50 win since

defeating No.41 Linette at 2019 Beijing

Is one of 16 American women to contest the main draw this week (also Anisimova, Bellis, Brady, Collins, Gauff, Kenin,

Keys, Li, McHale, McNally, Pegula, Pera, Riske and S.Williams and V.Williams)

During last year's North American hard court season, made 3r at Cincinnati (l. eventual R-Up Kuznetsova), lost openers at

Toronto (after 1r bye, l. qualifier Bouzkova); also suffered 1r exit at both Washington DC (l. Peterson) and US Open (l.

qualifier Kalinskaya)

Owns five losses to players outside the Top 100 this year (listed in Season section below)

During the tour's hiatus, played in World Team Tennis and an exhibition event in Charleston

Also plays doubles this week (w/Keys, l. Dolehide/Brady in 1r)


MATCH NOTES


SLOANE STEPHENS 2019

L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #153) R16 6-1 6-2

2018 L - ELISE MERTENS (BEL #14) R16 7-6(8) 6-2

2017 L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) SF 6-2 6-1

2015 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #9) R16 2-6 6-4 6-1

2014 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #9) R16 7-6(4) 6-4

2013 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #15) R16 3-6 7-5 7-5

2012 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #3) R16 6-1 4-6 6-4

2011 L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #38) R1 6-1 7-5

CAROLINE GARCIA 2019

R1 L - IGA SWIATEK (POL #55) 7-6(1) 6-1

2018 R16 L - ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #34) 6-4 3-6 7-5

2017 R1 L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #18) 4-6 6-4 6-4

2016 R1 L - DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #47) 7-5 6-3

2015 R16 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #20) 6-0 6-3

2014 R1-Q L - TIMEA BABOS (HUN #121) 6-4 6-3

2013 R1-Q L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #72) 3-6 6-3 6-3


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Season

Coming off a 1r loss to 17-year-old qualifier, No.120 Fernandez at Lexington – also lost last match before hiatus to the

young Canadian in 2r at Monterrey

Success over fellow American, No.497 Navarro, in 1r at Monterrey was first match win of the season

Lost 1r at opening four event of the year at Brisbane (l. No.129 Samsonova), Adelaide (l. No.201 Rodionova), Australian

Open (l. Zhang) and Acapulco (l. No.270 Zarazua)

Career Highlights

Finished 2019 season ranked No.25; campaign was highlighted by SF at Madrid (l. eventual champion Bertens) and QF at

Roland Garros (l. Konta)

Also made R16 at Sydney (l. Putintseva), Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova), Acapulco (l. Haddad Maia), Cincinnati (l.

to Kuznetsova), Osaka (l. Giorgi) and Wuhan (l. Kvitova)

In 2018 posted best year-end finish of career to date, at No.6; reached career-high No.3 ranking on July 16, 2018

Season highlights in 2018 included capturing first Premier Mandatory title at Miami – subsequently made Top 10 debut at

No.9. Also reached her second Grand Slam final, at Roland Garros and posted R-Up finishes at Montréal and WTA Finals

Won her maiden Grand Slam title at 2017 US Open, d. Keys 6-3 6-0 to become the fifth unseeded player to win a major in

the Open Era

Voted 2017 WTA Comeback Player of the Year. Returned to action at Wimbledon after 11 months on sidelines w/foot

injury (had surgery in the January)

After 1r loss at 2017 Washington DC, went 15-2 through US Open title run, including back-to-back SF at Toronto and

Cincinnati

Won three titles in 2016, at Auckland, Acapulco and Premier-level Charleston. Won maiden singles title in first final

contested at 2015 Washington, DC

At No.97 was youngest player in year-end Top 100 in 2011; and after a phenomenal sophomore season, reached No.38

and was the youngest player, and the only teenager, in the year-end Top 50 in 2012

Made Top 20 debut on January 29, 2013

Grand Slam History

Enjoyed fairytale run at 2017 US Open, lifting maiden Grand Slam title at Flushing Meadows (d. Keys in F). At No.83, is

second-lowest ranked Grand Slam champion (since inception of computer rankings in 1975) and 14th unseeded player to

advance to a Grand Slam final in the Open Era, and only fifth unseeded champion

Best result across other Slams was R-Up finish at 2018 Roland Garros (l. Halep)

Prior to 2017 US Open triumph, best result across all majors was reaching SF at 2013 Australian Open (d. S.Williams in

QF, l. eventual champion Azarenka)

Also just the second American (after Davenport) to beat both Williams sisters in Grand Slam match play

Advanced to SF at 2013 Australian Open (d. Halep, Mladenovic and S.Williams en route) and QF at 2013 Wimbledon (l.

eventual champion Bartoli)

Personal

Mother is Sybil Smith a former collegiate swimmer at Boston University and late father, John Stephens, was an NFL player

in 1980s and 1990s; brother is Shawn Farrell

Aged 11, relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the Evert Tennis Academy before

moving to Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy

Recently reunited with former long-term coach Kamau Murray; formerly coached by Sven Groenefeld and Nick Saviano

On April 29, 2019 announced engagement to Toronto FC soccer star Jozy Altidore

GARCIA:


Contesting the Western & Southern Open main draw for the sixth time (eighth overall)

Advanced to 3r during maiden main draw appearance in 2015 (d. No.4 Kvitova, l. Svitolina) and again in 2018 (d.

Azarenka, l. Sabalenka)

Faces No.37 Stephens in 1r today, her first Top 50 opponent of the season (before this, the highest ranked opponent was

defeat to No.58 Ferro at St. Petersburg); most recent Top 50 win came over No.43 Kasatkina at 2019 Wuhan

Winner will meet Azarenka in 2r

During 2019 North American hard court swing, suffered 1r exits at Toronto (l. Ostapenko), Cincinnati (l. Swiatek) and US

Open (l. Jabeur)

Best results of career on US soil were QF appearances at New Haven in 2015 and 2018

Season

Prior to the tour’s hiatus made QF at Lyon (l. Van Uytvanck)

Also suffered 1r exits at St. Petersburg (l. Ferro) and Doha (l. Pera)

Opened season with 2r showings at Auckland (l. Bouchard) and Australian Open (l. Jabeur) and 1r exit at Hobart (l.

Cabrera)

Career Highlights

Highlights of 2019 included capturing her seventh career WTA singles title at Nottingham and finishing R-Up at Strasbourg

(l. Yastremska); now owns 7-3 record in singles finals

Member of French Fed Cup team that won the 2019 final vs. Australia, teaming up with Mladenovic to win the decisive

doubles runner against Barty/Stosur. Also took part in the team that advanced to 2016 Fed Cup final vs. Czech Republic

Fell out of the Top 20 on March 18, 2019 after holding her position there since August 14, 2017

In 2018, won sixth career title at Tianjin; also made semifinals at Stuttgart and Madrid

Broke into the Top 5 on August 13, 2018 and reached a career-high of No.4 on September 10, 2018

Became first player to win Wuhan and Beijing back-to-back in 2017 – maiden Premier 5 and Premier Mandatory titles. As

a result, qualified for WTA Finals, having been ranked No.30 on the Race leaderboard in May 2017

Best win of her career came over No.2 Halep in 2017 Beijing final

Made Top 10 debut at No.9 following Beijing title (October 9, 2017)

Won a career-best 48 main draw matches in 2017 (48-22 record, two titles)

Qualifying for WTA Finals in 2017, became the first Frenchwoman to compete at WTA Finals in singles since Mauresmo in

2006 (l. Henin in F)

Lifted second and third career titles in 2016, at Strasbourg and Mallorca, and represented France at 2016 Rio Olympics in

singles (2r) and doubles (1r, w/Mladenovic)

Played 2015 WTA Finals Rising Stars Invitational in Singapore (l. Osaka in F)

Member of French Fed Cup team that advanced to 2016 competition final vs. Czech Republic

Lifted maiden WTA title at Bogotá in 2014

Made professional debut at 13 on ITF Circuit in France in 2007

Grand Slam History

Played 32nd Slam main draw at 2020 Australian Open

Advanced to QF at 2017 Roland Garros (l. Ka.Pliskova) for best Grand Slam singles result to date

Has also reached R16 at 2017 Wimbledon (l. Konta), 2018 Australian Open (l. Keys) and 2018 Roland Garros (l. Kerber)

Made US Open 3r in 2016 (l. A.Radwanska), 2017 (l. Kvitova) and 2018 (l. Suárez Navarro)

In 2016 was doubles champion at Roland Garros and R-Up at US Open (both w/Mladenovic)

In juniors, singles runner-up at 2011 US Open (l. Min) and was a semifinalist at the other three Slams

Personal

Coached by father, Louis Paul Garcia; Mother is Marylene

Played many sports when she was younger and chose tennis because it was the one she enjoyed the most

Enjoys reading and spending time with family

Endorsement portfolio includes Rolex, Nike, Yonex and Sothys beauty products


MATCH NOTES

[1] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) vs. VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA (RUS #41)

Head to Head: KAROLINA PLISKOVA leads 1-0

2018 CLAY I R16 KAROLINA PLISKOVA 99 mins7-6(4) 6-3 STUTTGART

KAROLINA PLISKOVA 3 10

21-03-1992 (28) $485,171

$19,997,689

1 / 16 0 / 5

8-3 / 317-162 3-1 / 103-59 2-5 / 64-69

VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA 41 41

24-04-1997 (23) $174,275

$1,369,581

0 / 0 0 / 1 2-1

6-8 / 39-34 4-4 / 18-12 5-1 / 14-9

12-4

6-7 / 21-21 8-3 / 227-109 1-0 / 31-20 0-0 / 7-3







1-0 / 32-39 0-2 / 2-3 3-1 / 62-72 0-3 / 3-7



* Updated entering Western & Southern Open 2r

[1] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3)

R64: BYE

ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND

VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA (RUS #41)

R64: d. AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (CRO #57) 5-7,6-3,7-5 (2h46)


KAROLINA PLISKOVA 2019

L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #153) QF 3-6 7-6(2) 6-3

VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA 2019

R2 L - REBECCA PETERSON (SWE #74) 2-6 7-5 6-2


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PLISKOVA:


Making sixth main draw appearance at Western & Southern Open (ninth overall) where she is one of five former

champions in the field, lifting the trophy in 2016 (d. Kerber in F) – other former winners in the draw are Zvonareva,

S.Williams, Azarenka and Keys

After 1r bye, faces No. 41 Kudermetova today for their first meeting on hard. Won only other previous encounter, en route

to 2018 Stuttgart title

In most recent appearance on tour, lost to a player outside Top 40, No.44 Jabeur, in 3r at Doha

Including triumph here, owns 10 career WTA singles titles on hard (eighth most on the surface among active players); is

also a former US Open R-Up in 2016

During last year’s North American hard-court season, made QF at Toronto and Cincinnati, and R16 at US Open

During the tour's hiatus, played several exhibition events in Czech Republic, alongside players including Alexandrova,

Strycova and Siniakova

Season

Prior to hiatus, made QF at Dubai (l. Rybakina) before suffering 3r exit at Doha (l. Jabeur)

Reached 3r at Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova)

Began 2020 by defending Brisbane title (d. Keys in F) – first successful title defense and has now won at least one WTA

title for eight consecutive seasons; now owns 16-12 record in WTA singles finals

Brisbane marked first event working with new coach Daniel Vallverdu


MATCH NOTES

2018 L - ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #34) R2 2-6 6-3 7-5

2017 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #6) SF 6-3 6-2

2016 W - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2) F 6-3 6-1

2015 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #25) R16 6-2 3-6 7-5

2014 L - PAULINE PARMENTIER (FRA #81) R1-Q 7-6(5) 1-6

7-6(4) 2013

L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #50) R2-Q 7-5 6-2

2012 L - AKGUL AMANMURADOVA (UZB #124) R2-Q 6-3 6-2

Career Highlights

Finished 2019 ranked No.2 for career-best year-end finish

Lifted a Tour-leading four titles across the season (tied with Barty), at Brisbane, Rome, Eastbourne and Zhengzhou

Dropped 19 games across five matches during Eastbourne title win (d. Kerber in F) – most efficient title run in 2019

Also reached first Premier Mandatory final at Miami, losing to Barty in straight sets

Produced best Australian Open performance of career, reaching SF (l. eventual champion Osaka in 3s); saved four match

points to beat S.Williams in QF

Lost to twin sister Kr.Pliskova in R16 at Birmingham, in what was their first career main draw encounter

Made fourth straight appearance at the WTA Finals in 2019, reaching SF for the third year in a row

Won two titles in 2018 from three finals contested, triumphing at Stuttgart (d. Vandeweghe in F) and Tokyo [PPO] (d.

Osaka in F). Posted R-Up finish in Tianjin (l. Garcia in F)

At Grand Slam level in 2018 season, made QF run at Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Halep), reached 3r at Roland

Garros (l. Sharapova), made R16 for first time at Wimbledon (l. Bertens) and had QF showing at US Open (d. No.17 Barty

in R16, l. S.Williams)

Also in 2018, made the SF at Brisbane (as defending champion, l. eventual champion Svitolina), Madrid (l. eventual

champion Kvitova) and WTA Finals (l. Stephens). Enjoyed QF runs at four other tournaments

Claimed No.1 ranking on July 17, 2017 despite making 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova). Was the first Czech woman

to achieve the No.1 ranking since the computer rankings were introduced in 1975 (Martina Navratilova became No.1 on

July 10, 1978 while representing USA)

Won three titles in 2017, at Brisbane (d. Cornet in F), Doha (d. Wozniacki in F) and Eastbourne (d. Wozniacki in F)

Owns 15-12 record in singles finals, having won having titles on all three surfaces

Captured fifth WTA doubles title of career at 2016 Birmingham (w/Strycova). Is now 5-2 in doubles finals. At 2013 Linz,

with sister Kristyna, became first set of twins to ever win a tour-level doubles title

Made Top 10 debut after 2015 Stanford R-Up finish; was first time in WTA history that three Czech women ranked inside

Top 10 at the same time (also Kvitova and Safarova)

Won first career WTA title at 2013 Kuala Lumpur (d. Mattek-Sands) and followed it up with two more in 2014 Seoul (d.

Lepchenko) and 2014 Linz (d. Giorgi)

Made professional debut on ITF circuit in 2006

Grand Slam History

Contested 31st career Grand Slam main draw at 2020 Australian Open

Advanced to career first Grand Slam final at 2016 US Open (l. Kerber), simultaneously making debuts in R16, QF, SF and

title match at the majors. Became first Czech to reach US Open final since Helena Sukova in 1993 (l. Graf in F)

At Australian Open, best result was SF run in 2019 (l. Osaka), also reached last four at 2017 Roland Garros (l. Halep)

Reached R16 at Wimbledon in 2018 (l. Bertens) and 2019 (l. Muchova)

Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2012 Roland Garros (as qualifier, l. Bartoli in 1r)

Personal

Born in Louny, north of Prague, but now trains at Sparta Praha tennis club

Has a twin sister – Kristyna. In 2013, became the first set of twins to capture a WTA doubles title

Married Michal Hrdlicka after 2018 Wimbledon

Currently coached by Daniel Vallverdu and Olga Savchuk, and previously coached by Conchita Martínez, Rennae Stubbs,

Tomas Krupa and David Kotyza

Away from the court, enjoys fresh-water fishing, as well as contributing to her foundation which benefits various causes,

including pediatric oncology and children battling cancer in her native Czech Republic

KUDERMETOVA:


Making second main draw appearance at Western & Southern Open; fell 2r here last year (as qualifier, d. Pera, l. Peterson)

In 1r on Saturday, prevailed in 66-minute deciding set to see off Tomljanovic

Faces No.3 Pliskova in 2r today. Owns three career wins over Top 20 ranked players, against No.13 Wozniacki at

2019 Roland Garros, No.10 Bencic at 2019 Wuhan and No.4 Svitolina at 2019 Moscow

Competing in doubles this week with Blinkova. Will face Belgian duo Flipkens/Van Uytvanck in 1r

One of five Russian women contesting the main draw this week, (also Alexandrova, Kalinskaya, Kasatkina and

Zvonareva)

Season

Coming off 1r exit at Prague (l. Bouchard)

Before hiatus, made 2r at St. Petersburg (l. eventual champion Bertens), Dubai (l. Muguruza) and Doha (l. Bencic)

Represented Russia in Fed Cup qualifying vs. Romania in February, falling to Bogdan and Cristian in both singles

rubbers

Fell 1r at Australian Open (l. Sorribes Tormo)

Posted SF run at Hobart (l. S.Zhang) after opening 2020 season by losing in final round of qualifying at Brisbane

Career Highlights

Ended 2019 ranked No.41 for career-best year-end ranking, rising from No.115 at the end of 2018

Played main draw at all four majors for first time in 2019, posting a career-best Grand Slam run to the 3r at Roland

Garros, upsetting Wozniacki in 1r (l. Kanepi in 3r)

Other 2019 highlights included SF finishes at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. eventual champion Riske), Hiroshima (l. Doi) and

Tianjin (l. Watson). Picked up the biggest title of career at WTA 125K Series event at Guadalajara (d. Bouzkova in F)

Posted first two Top 10 wins of career in final weeks of 2019, defeating No.10 Bencic at Wuhan and No.4 Svitolina at

Moscow

Won career first WTA doubles title at 2019 Wuhan with Duan (d. Mertens/Sabalenka in F); also R-Up at Charleston

(w/Khromacheva) and Lugano (w/Voskoboeva) in 2019

Won biggest singles title of career at WTA 125K Series event at 2019 Guadalajara (d. Bouzkova in F)

Made Top 100 debut at No.98 following 2019 St Petersburg, where she reached 2r as LL (week of February 4, 2019)

Made WTA main draw debut at 2018 Stuttgart, reaching 2r (d. No.25 Suarez Navarro, l. eventual champion

Ka.Pliskova)

Posted two QF runs in 2018, at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. eventual champion Krunic) and Gstaad (l. Bouchard)

Won two doubles titles in 2018 at WTA 125k Series events, at Mumbai (w/Dzalamidze) and Limoges (w/Voskoboeva).

Also has titles at this level from Taipei in 2016 (w/Dzalamidze) and 2017 (w/Sabalenka)

Made WTA qualifying debut at 2014 Moscow

Contested first Tour-level match representing Russia in Fed Cup action in 2014 vs. Australia (l. Stosur)

On ITF Circuit, owns four singles titles and 16 doubles titles

Grand Slam History

Contested fifth Grand Slam main drawn at 2020 Australian Open

Played in the main draw at all four majors for the first time in 2019

Best result so far at the Slams came with 3r run at Roland Garros (d. Wozniacki in 1r, l. Kanepi)

Made 2r at 2019 US Open and fell 1r at 2019-20 Australian Open and 2019 US Open

Personal

Coached by husband Sergey Demekhin, former coach of Vera Zvonareva

Teenage sister, Polina, is on the junior circuit and contested Australian Open girls’ singles last January

Born in Kazan, Russia. Based in Moscow and trains at CSKA club

Off the court, has a passion for cooking and her specialty is roasted chicken with potatoes and garlic


MATCH NOTES

JENNIFER BRADY (USA #40) vs. [Q] JESSICA PEGULA (USA #83)

Head to Head: First meeting

JENNIFER BRADY 40 13

12-04-1995 (25) $393,259

$2,402,719

1 / 1 0 / 0

11-5 / 43-51 4-0 / 16-15 4-2 / 11-16

JESSICA PEGULA 83 57

24-02-1994 (26) $114,756

$1,023,444

0 / 1 0 / 0 0-1

5-3 / 27-31 2-0 / 10-9 0-1 / 9-8

1-1

5-3 / 19-17 11-5 / 34-33 2-1 / 3-5 0-1 / 2-3







2-3 / 2-10 0-1 / 0-4 5-3 / 10-15 0-1 / 2-6




Rnd Result Duration

"-Q" Qualifying match


JENNIFER BRADY 2019

L - SU-WEI HSIEH (TPE #30) R2 7-6(9) 6-3

2018 L - TATJANA MARIA (GER #85) R2-Q 6-3 6-2

2017 L - VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #65) R2-Q 7-6(7) 6-3

2016 L - TIMEA BABOS (HUN #41) R2-Q 7-6(4) 5-7 6-3

2015 L - IRINA FALCONI (USA #73) R1-Q 6-1 6-3

JESSICA PEGULA 2019

R1 L - ZARINA DIYAS (KAZ #80) 7-5 6-4

2016 R1-Q L - MISAKI DOI (JPN #38) 6-4 6-7(9) 6-3


from

BRADY:


• Making second main draw appearance at Western & Southern Open; made 2r in 2019 (as qualifier, d. Jabeur, l. Hsieh)

• Before that, lost in qualifying for four consecutive years from 2015-18

• One of 16 American women in the singles main draw

• Fresh off winning her maiden WTA title without dropping a set at Lexington last week, now sitting at her career-high

ranking of No.40; by contrast, ranked No.70 at 2019 Cincinnati

• Initially set to play four-time Grand Slam champion Clijsters in 1r before the Belgian withdrew due to an abdominal injury;

now faces qualifier Pegula in the opening match, with winner will facing Anisimova in 2r

• Has won her last four main draw matches against fellow Americans, over Anisimova (2019 Beijing), Keys (2019 Beijing),

Riske (2020 Doha) and Gauff (2020 Lexington)

• During 2019 North American hard court swing, made 2r through qualifying at Toronto (l. Halep in 3s) and Cincinnati (l.

Hsieh), fell 1r at Washington DC (l. Kenin) and US Open (l. Sasnovich)

• Best result on US soil before 2020 Lexington was R16 run at 2017 US Open; also finished R-Up at WTA 125K Series

event at Indian Wells in 2019 (l. Golubic)

• Also contesting in doubles this week with Dolehide (d. Keys/Stephens in 1r)

Season • Coming off the title run at Lexington last week, defeated Teichmann in F - did not drop a set and broken just three times all

week; with her first WTA title, made Top 40 debut on Monday (Aug.17, 2020) at No.40

• Prior to the tour’s resumption, performed well at a series of exhibitions and World Team Tennis matches in the US, posting

a 12-7 record including wins over Grand Slam champions Azarenka and Stephens

• In final event before tour’s hiatus, fell 2r at Doha (l. Jabeur)

• Enjoyed one of her career-best weeks at Dubai, where, as a qualifier, she advanced to first SF at a Premier level defeating

three Top 20 opponents in No.6 Svitolina, No.17 Vondrousova and No.16 Muguruza before falling to eventual champion

Halep – victory over No.6 Svitolina in 1r marked second Top 10 win of career

• Results helped her reach then career high ranking of No.45 (February 24, 2020)

• Fell in the 1r at Australian Open (l. Halep) but progressed to QF in doubles w/Dolehide (l. Hsieh/Strycova). Then suffered 1r

exit at St Petersburg (l. Kuznetsova)

• In opening event of the season, came through qualifying before going on to reach QF at Brisbane (l. Kvitova) – scored first

career Top 10 win over World No.1 Barty in 2r; broke into Top 50 afterwards

Career Milestones • Ended 2019 season back in Top 60 after dipping as low as No.125 at one point. Season highlights included SF run at

Nottingham (l. eventual champion Garcia), 3r showings at Dubai (l. eventual R-Up Kvitova), Indian Wells (l. Barty) and

Beijing (l. Andreescu)

• Finished 2018 ranked No.116 following her first Top 100 finish in 2017 (No. 64). Best results included reaching SFs at

$100k ITF/Midland-USA (l. Loeb) and $80k ITF/Charlottesville-USA (l. Duque-Mariño), 2r showing at Indian Wells (l.

Garcia), Roland Garros (l. Putintseva) and Wimbledon (l. Kontaveit)

• Posted first Top 100 year-end finish in 2017 (at No.64) during a campaign in which she reached first WTA career SF at

2017 Hong Kong (l. eventual R-Up Gavrilova)

• Made R16 at 2017 Australian Open and US Open, which remains her best Grand Slam result to date

• Posted first WTA main draw wins during QF run at 2016 Guangzhou (d. Pivovarova and Kovinic)

• Made first four main draw appearances at tour level in 2016 – at Rio de Janeiro (as qualifier, l. Hercog in 1r), Stanford (l.

Cornet in 1r), Montréal (as qualifier l. Svitolina in 1r)

• Made WTA qualifying draw at 2015 Cincinnati (l. Falconi in 1r)

• On ITF Circuit, owns four ITF singles and four doubles titles

• Made professional debut at $10k ITF/Evansville, IN-USA (l. 1r)

Grand Slam History

• Contested 12th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 Australian Open

• Made debut at all four Slams in 2017; prior to 2017 Australian Open, had fallen in qualifying at US Open (2014-16), Roland

Garros (2016) and Wimbledon (2016)

• Came through qualifying at 2017 Australian Open and went on to become first major debutante to reach R16 at a Slam

since Smitkova at 2014 Wimbledon. Defeated Zanevska in 1r, Watson in 2r (saved 5mp) and No.14 seed Vesnina in 3r,

losing to Lucic-Baroni; became first American female qualifier to reach R16 at the Australian Open in Open Era

• Also became just sixth player to make R16 on Australian Open debut in last 21 years: V.Williams (1998), Suárez Navarro

(2009), Bouchard (2014), Gasparyan and Konta (2016)

• Also reached R16 at 2017 US Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) and made 2r at Roland Garros (2018-19) and Wimbledon (2017-18)

Personal

• Attended the University of California, Los Angeles, making her debut for the Bruins tennis team in 2013 and part of 2014

team that won NCAA Division 1 Women’s tennis National Championship. Completed sophomore year of studies before

turning professional in 2015

• Recently hired Michael Geserer (previously with Goerges) at end of 2019, spent offseason training in Germany for first time

• Mother's name is Elizabeth; father's name is Patrick; has twin sister, Jessica

PEGULA:


• Making second main draw appearance at the Western & Southern Open – last year, lost to Diyas in the final round of

qualifying but entered as LL, then beaten by the Kazakh again in 1r

• Also fell in 2016 qualifying

• In qualifying this year, defeated Gracheva and Samsonova

• One of 16 American women in the singles main draw

• Faces fellow countrywoman Brady (No.40) today, bidding for her second Top 50 win of the season (d. No.39 Wozniacki at

Auckland) and the seventh of her career

• Has lost her last three main draw matches against fellow Americans this year, to Bellis at Lexington, Townsend at

Australian Open and S.Williams at Auckland (F)

• During 2019 North American hard court season, won her first WTA title at Washington DC (d. Giorgi in F); then fell 1r at

Cincinnati (l. Diyas) and US Open (l. Cornet)

• Best result on US soil before 2019 Washington DC was SF run at 2016 Washington DC; also finished R-Up at WTA 125K

Series event at Newport Beach in 2019 (l. Andreescu)

• Contesting in doubles this week with Rogers as wildcards (face Mladenovic/Tomljanovic in 1r)

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Season

• Coming off 2r showing at Lexington last week (l. Bellis)

• Before the hiatus, made main draw debut at Australian Open (l. Townsend in 1r)

• Started 2020 season with a run to Auckland final (d. Wozniacki in SF, l. eventual champion S.Williams)

Career Milestones

• Finished 2019 at No.76 for her first ever career Top 100 finish, up from No.125 in 2018

• Won her first WTA title at 2019 Citi Open in Washington DC (d. Giorgi in F) to reach a career high ranking of No. 55

• Also in 2019, made main draw debut at Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Barty in 1r) and Wimbledon (l. Buzarnescu in

1r) as well as Miami Open as a qualifier (l. Konta in 1r)

• Highlights of 2018 included finishing runner-up as a qualifier at Quebec City (l. Parmentier in F), recording SF finish at

Houston 125K (l. S.Peng) and reaching QF or better at 10 ITF events

• Won doubles title w/Manasse at 2018 Houston 125K (d. Krawczyk/Olmos in F)

• Did not play between January and August 2017 after undergoing hip surgery. Primarily played at ITF events for the rest of

the year, winning two doubles titles with Townsend

• Played a mixture of WTA and ITF events in 2016 with highlight coming at Washington DC, where she defeated No.14

Stosur for first Top 20 win of career on her way to a SF finish (l. Davis)

• Made Grand Slam main draw debut as qualifier at 2015 US Open (d. Van Uytvanck, l. Cibulkova in 2r)

• Made WTA qualifying debut at 2009 Ponte Vedra Beach and WTA main draw debut at 2012 Indian Wells

Grand Slam History

• Contested sixth Grand Slam main draw at 2020 Australian Open, fell in 1r (l. Townsend)

• Sole Grand Slam main draw win came over Van Uytvanck at 2015 US Open, where she made her Grand Slam main draw

debut (l. Cibulkova in 2r)

• Posted three 1r exits at Grand Slam events in 2019 - beaten by eventual champion Barty at Roland Garros, Buzarnescu

at Wimbledon and Cornet at US Open

• Advanced through qualifying at 2016 US Open, before lost to No.4 A.Radwanska in 1r

• Has fallen in qualifying for a total of 12 times – at US Open (2011-12, 2017-18), Wimbledon (2013, 2015-16), Roland

Garros (2013, 2015-16) and Australian Open (2013, 2016)

• In doubles, reached 3r at 2011 US Open (w/Townsend) and 2019 Roland Garros (w/Krawczyk)

Personal

• Coached by David Witt, formerly with Michael Joyce

• Father owns Buffalo Bills NFL and Buffalo Sabres NHL teams

• Owns her own skincare company called 'Ready 24'

• Passionate about new charity with her fiancé called A Lending Paw

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